This year, Boston Ballet's Nutcracker has a new face ... make that two new faces -- The company created two new heads for the usually white-skinned Nutcracker Prince, one with Asian features and another with dark skin tones.

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Revisiting John Cage's music for seed pods and cactus needles

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BOOKS - Mothers and daughters, China and Massachusetts, in Janice Page's memoir, 'Year of the Water Horse' Ranging from Page's South Shore childhood to her journey to Nanchang to meet their baby, the book braids together strands of mothers and daughters, lost and found again.

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LOVE LETTERS - Romance novel reader seeks 'book boyfriend' IRL - Where is this Prince Charming? Why so many Boston toads?

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When everything is going awry, Juliana Hatfield still believes 'Lightning Might Strike' -- The Massachusetts singer-songwriter emerges from a period of loss and upheaval with a new album that's unmistakably Hatfield.

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Holiday Arts Guide - Things to do this holiday season: 64 events, concerts, festivals, family-friendly activities, markets, and more - From strolling through Snowport to riding the Polar Express, here are dozens of fun things to do in Boston this holiday season.

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Do you hear what I hear? AI tunes might be taking over holiday playlists

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From 'Bad Santa' to 'Star Wars Holiday Special,' holiday streaming options

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Read more stories from our Holiday Arts Guide

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10 GREAT PERFORMANCES TO RAVE ABOUT IN 2025 -- Globe movie critic Odie Henderson honors the movie performances that stuck with him this year.

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From Patti Smith's latest memoir, tender snapshots of gratitude, spread across eight decades -- "Bread of Angels" is Smith's newest memoir and her most layered work yet.

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The painting that introduced 'Star Wars' to the world fetches $3.9m at auction - The acrylic and airbrush painting by the artist and movie poster designer Tom Jung first appeared in newspaper advertisements on May 13, 1977.

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BOOK REVIEW -- 'Television' ponders entertainment, art, and love -- "I am a sellout. I have been for a long, long time. Longer than some of you have been alive," says Verity, one of three narrators in the book.

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THE TICKET -- Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond -- Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.

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Netflix's new Sean 'Diddy' Combs documentary revisits Biggie, Tupac murders -- Netflix released its new four-part docuseries Tuesday, offering an intense look at the disgraced music mogul's life, career, and litany of legal troubles.

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'Come See Me in the Good Light': New documentary chronicles 'rock star' poet Andrea Gibson's cancer journey -- The documentary explores the late Maine native's life after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.

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'Human nature doesn't change.' Ken Burns on what we learn from the American Revolution. -- Fifty years after he made his first film, the legendary director is preparing to release his magnum opus.

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Adult Swim's 'Smalls' programming offers compelling short-form animation, and a new show from a Boston animator

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'Ella McCay' lacks terms of endearment

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In new film 'Ella McCay,' Emma Mackey stars as R.I. State House gets a closeup

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The past isn't dead in 'The Secret Agent'

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The Boston Music Awards swapped its reggae/ska category for one honoring Afro/Caribbean artists. Here's why it matters.

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Reality Winner's life takes the stage in Apollinaire Theatre's 'Is This a Room'

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Watch: New Boston-set movie 'The Drama,' starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, releases first teaser

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Sophie Kinsella, author of 'Shopaholic' novels, dies at 55

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Before murder case, Brian Walshe was accused of draining his father's bank accounts, making off with more than $500,000

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Photographer Lorna Simpson receives the ICA's annual $100,000 Meraki Artist Award

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Dick Van Dyke hits triple figures

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This year's best cookbooks for holiday giving

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New details about Robert Pattinson and Zendaya's 'The Drama' revealed in mock engagement story in Boston Globe

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From a farm girl's love of earth spring works of clay and grass and all that grows

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The liaisons remain quite dangerous in HBO Max's saucy 'The Seduction'

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'Ella McCay': Emma Mackey and James L. Brooks on finding America's 'heartland' while filming in Rhode Island

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ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension

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